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These Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Apples are an easy and healthy side dish for any time of the year!

The recipe was originally published in October 2011. It was retested with reader feedback, rephotographed, rewritten, and republished for your enjoyment in October 2017.

I’m relatively new to the world of the B-sprouts. I’m sure my parents had me try them as a kid and I said, “YUCK!” and spit them back out. But as an adult? I just started to get on the Brussels train a few years back. I love how sweet, crunchy and caramelized the little leaves get when roasted in a scorching hot oven.

They are amazing roasted on their own with just a little bit of olive oil, salt and pepper, but sometimes, you want to up the ante just a little bit. WITH APPLES. AND BACON. Boom.

Because Brussels naturally get sweet when roasted, it works well to pair them with other sweet foods like apples and maple syrup. A little bit of salty bacon helps keep the flavor from tipping too far to the sugar-y side. I love this side dish because it works for fancy dinners like Thanksgiving, but it comes together in a flash and would be a great veggie side for any weeknight dinner, as well.

To prepare Brussels sprouts for cooking, I like to lop off the stem end of each sprout with a sharp knife and then halve them. By halving them, I find that the roasted yummy flavor gets in every little crevice of the sprout. It is worth the extra time it takes to slice and dice ’em. When looking for Brussels in the store, look for smallish, tightly packed sprouts. You’ll lose a few leaves when trimming, but ideally, the sprout should mostly stay together. For a full primer on how to perfectly roast Brussels sprouts, check out this post.

I gotta try this one! I am addicted to Brussels sprouts and jumped on the train about a year ago as well. I buy the 3lb bag at Costco and keep to myself! As a kid, my mom always used her steamer to cook these, and it stunk up the house for days! No way was I going to try those then. Roasting is the way to go, must try this recipe!

This is funny–I just made roasted brussels sprouts with apples last night. I never tried them as a kid or even young adult. My first time making them was last year and I couldn’t believe how good they were. They totally don’t deserve their bad reputation!

I have always loved brussels sprouts, even when I was little. I have 3 awesome sprout recipes I love but will definitely be trying this one. Hmm… maybe a dry run before Thanksgiving since this is the veg dish I always make. Thanks!

These brussel sprouts look fantastic! I want to make them tonight, but I have just one question. Every other recipe for roaste brussel sprouts that I looked up, says to roast them in the oven for at least half an hour. Do yours come out tender after just 10-15? Or is all that extra time in the other recipes just to crisp them up? In any case, I’ll let you know how they turned out 🙂

Mine came out perfectly tender and with a little bit of crunch. Not sure why other recipes have them in there for so long. Although, of course, it depends on your oven and your particular Brussels (small ones will cook quickly). Just keep an eye on ’em. 🙂 And let me know how you like them!

Thanks for the quick reply 🙂 I just made them and me and my family really liked them. I did keep the sprouts in the oven for about 20-25 minutes, as they were neither browned nor tender after 15 minutes. However, that might be due to my particular oven or maybe the fact that I doubled the quantity of sprouts. Anyway, thanks for the great recipe 😉

Hi, I am roasting the sprouts as I type. I went into a “Trader Joe’s” on the other day and they were offereing roasted sprouts to the customer to demo a few items from the store. On the East Coast Trader Joe’s is a health food market. The cook used salt, pepper, a special garlic olive oil, and get this….Asiago-Romano-Parmesean cheese sprinkled on top. It was delicious!!! I will try it on my family tonight! They hate brussel sprouts, but I know they will love this recipe.

I’m not a BS fan either. As a child my dog became a fan since that was what was fed to her under the table. I’ve only recently started to spread my sprout wings so will be giving these a whirl. Your pic and recipe have converted me.

I cooked them for 15 minutes but for some reason it wasn’t really enough as they were still quite hard…they were also really bitter and I’m not sure whether I did something wrong. Should I have boiled them a bit before roasting?

WOW! I made these tonight, and my husband thought it was so good, he called his parents to brag about my cooking as soon as he finished! I consider that a huge wifey success. Thanks SO much for this recipe!

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